What's been missing?

Pictures! This week I have pictures. We finished week 7 of our school year today. I have pictures, some from this week some from previous weeks. I meant to do a week in pictures but in true Shannon fashion I forgot my camera at our outings.

Madeline started another year of ballet on Monday. She loves it even more this year. She was so excited to go! Our first coop class was cancelled because the leader had a death in the family. We'll start that next week. On Wednesday Duncan woke with a fever so we didn't go to music class. Thursday was our first day of Coffee Break at church. Today was the first Tap/Jazz of the year. This week was actually not as stressful as I had anticipated. If Duncan hadn't gotten sick it would have been wonderful!

Madeline learned a lot this week yet again.
Math: started counting by 2's, odd and even numbers, ordering, adding change
Handwriting: she is doing really, really well with it. No more complaining and doesn't even like to trace the letters before writing them. She is now writing complete words instead of just letters. Her numbers are also improving greatly!
Reading: ai, oa, ee, ay. She is doing fantastic reading longer and longer short and long vowel words.
Science: mammals and their habitats
Social Studies: learned about Pilots and what goes on in an airplane
Read-alouds: finished the Wizard of Oz, struggling through The Horse and His Boy, read some great stories from the Lion Storyteller Bedtime book.
Bible: "Forgive and the Lord forgave you" read about Joseph and Moses.

And now for some pictures!

A craft we did a couple of weeks ago- making fireworks




Kids at the zoo ( a school reward)


apparently Duncan loves to mop SCORE!

Duncan enjoying some fettuccine alfredo


Madeline working on her fall lapbook




Labor Day pedicure



THIS week she decided to put on some make up


She was so proud of herself. I even let her leave the house like that. Unfortunately the make up caused a little breakout/rash so she won't be allowed to play with it anymore.

Working on math this morning- days in a week, how many days does ___ month have, ect.


I've had a bunch of people ask me what the baby does while we're doing school, well here you go!


Next week will be very busy. On Sunday we're going to my parents to pick up their van. They're letting us borrow it for our drive to Disney World!! We then have a full week of school and activities. We leave for Disney Thursday night and will be driving straight through. Hopefully I'll be able to get all of the packing done and the house cleaned before we go.

Week in Review... Week 6

Another week has flown by. We had 2 complete pajama days this week. Next week the craziness starts. Monday- ballet, Tuesday- Coop, Wednesday- music class, Thursday- Coffee Break which I'm teaching, Friday- Jazz/Tap. I'm crazy. Next week should be interesting!

Madeline is doing fabulous with everything! She is way too smart! This week she:

learned about obedience in Bible. Doing motions really helps with memorization!
learned about living things and classified living vs. non living things in Science
learned perimeter and reviewed a lot of other things in math
enjoyed Uncle Wiggily a lot
is starting to write complete words in handwriting
learned long vowel plural words, that ai makes the long A sound, and is improving overall in reading speed
coming up with wonderfully creative stories that I really need to write down

Duncan:
continues to pee on the floor AFTER Eric takes him off the potty
is learning to run
loves, LOVES playing outside
is trying really hard to talk but isn't quite there yet
is starting to point to different parts of the body when asked
is trying to imitate animal sounds
seems to have chosen a stuffed animal to sleep with

I:
plotted out the rest of the year for math
got a pedicure with my mom :)
really made an effort to get off of the computer more
ordered Disney on Ice tickets for Madeline
took it easy because starting next week I'm wondering if I'll be able to even breathe!

Week 5 in Review

Madeline has made great strides this week! And we've determined that apparently Duncan does not need sleep. Seriously, I don't know how that kid can be so happy all of the time with a maximum of 12 hours of sleep total in a day.

I do have 1 or 2 pictures to add this week but I still have to upload them so will do that later.

This week Madeline:
Learned to count by 5's, fill in and read a bar graph, perfected 10's and 1's place value.
Learned several more ways to add (number line, counting on, in columns ect.)
Learned the difference between two, to, and too.
Learned soft and hard G and C.
Perfected long vowel/silent E.
Learned about Honesty and recited Ephesians 4:25.
Is much better at neatness with writing letters.
Learned about the phases of the moon and the life cycle of the caterpillar.
Completed the seasons science study.
Went on a nature walk and found a dead frog and some acorns.
Started library music class.
Started the read aloud The Horse and His Boy and continued The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

This week Duncan:
Started story time and music class at the library.
Played in the park.
Learned to climb DOWN the stairs and how to get off of furniture! :)
Played a lot with his shape sorter. He still needs matching help but he's getting much better.
No longer takes a morning nap.
Made lots and lots of messes.

This week I:
Made a bunch of delicious meals that the kids actually ate without complaining!
Booked our condo for our April vacation!!
Did a little organizing ( a VERY little).